Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Taupiri
677 new homes were consented in the Waikato District council area in the year to September 2026, up 10% on the year before. They also consented $144m of non-residential building work, up 33% on the year before. Below: 199 consents we hold in Taupiri, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waikato District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waikato District, the last five years.
Since 1991: houses and everything else
New homes consented each year, houses against townhouses, flats, units, apartments and retirement village units. The most in one year was 1,206 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waikato District, the last five years.
What is being built
Non-residential building work consented in the year to September 2026, by type: the value of new and altered work, new floor area, and what new floor area cost to build per square metre.
- Factories and industrial$44.5m
19 buildings · 36,840 m² new floor area · $1,087/m² new · +248% on the year before
- Education$29.5m
18 buildings · 6,577 m² new floor area · $3,470/m² new · −39% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$28.4m
7 buildings · 15,894 m² new floor area · $1,786/m² new · +147% on the year before
- Farm buildings$18.7m
97 buildings · 47,767 m² new floor area · $374/m² new · +10% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$14.3m
8 buildings · 2,178 m² new floor area · $4,449/m² new · +79% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5m
1 building · 1,424 m² new floor area · $3,125/m² new · +9% on the year before
- Offices$2m
4 buildings · 295 m² new floor area · $3,620/m² new · −52% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$970k
−12% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$130k
1 building · 120 m² new floor area · $333/m² new · +299% on the year before
Consents on record in Taupiri
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 199 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 2026. Councils publish their records unevenly, so these are what we have, not every consent issued — for the full count, see the official figures above.
What the work is
Consents in the last five years by the kind of work their description names.
- New homes53
13 in the last 12 months · typically $558k
- Alterations and additions19
3 in the last 12 months · typically $105k
- Pools and spas19
typically $80k
- Fires and heating13
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Garages, sheds and carports5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $95k
- Relocated buildings4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $63k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $27k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $520k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $426k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $5mStage 2 of 2 stages - proposed stage 2 of 2 consent, 27 terrace units with six commercial space & fire safety system. 15 three levels unit with open living space & two or three bedrooms & bathro 103 Great South Road, Taupiri
- $1.3mDwg with attached triple gge 3 Simpson Way, Horsham Downs
- $1.1mMain dwg with attached gge & detached minor dwg with attached gge 81 Ormsby Road, Horsham Downs
- $1.1mDwg with attached dbl gge 290 Dawson Road, Taupiri
- $1mTwo dwgs with attached dbl gge (future lot 1 & lot 2) 39 Te Putu Street, Taupiri
199 consents
- Relocated buildings$75k
Relocation of existing dwg & new effluent system
- New homes$681k
Dwg
- New homes$1.3m
Dwg with attached triple gge
- New homes$582k
Dwg
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install replacement freestanding woodfire & flue - pyro classic.
- New homes$550k
Dwg
- New homes$1.1m
Main dwg with attached gge & detached minor dwg with attached gge
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$10k
Deck
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,500
New sewer connection
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install new metro smart Ltd insert woodfire with 4.2m standard flue kit
- New commercial buildings$5m
Stage 2 of 2 stages - proposed stage 2 of 2 consent, 27 terrace units with six commercial space & fire safety system. 15 three levels unit with open living space & two or three bedrooms & bathro
- New homes$1.1m
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- New homes$700k
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$250k
C1 - alt to 2 storey multi-unit dwg - renovations to one ground floor unit.
- New homes$535k
Dwg
- Multiple homes$1m
Two dwgs with attached dbl gge (future lot 1 & lot 2)
- New homes$650k
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- New homes$600k
Dwg with attached gge
- New homes$600k
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- New homes$600k
Dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$197k
Convert detached gge to minor dwg
- Relocated buildings$30k
Resite second-hand dwg
- Alterations and additions$54k
Outbuilding
- Alterations and additions$175k
Extensions to living & bdrm
- New homes$700k
Dwg with attached dbl gge
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Suburbs in Taupiri
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Taupiri?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 677 new homes consented in the Waikato District council area, with $389m of residential and $144m of non-residential building work.
What is a building consent?
Written approval from a council (a building consent authority) that planned building work complies with the Building Code. Most new buildings, additions, structural alterations, fires and plumbing and drainage work need one; some minor work is exempt under Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004.
Where do these figures come from?
The official counts are Stats NZ’s monthly Building consents issued release (CC BY 4.0), covering every consent every council issues. The individual consents listed are ones we hold from councils’ records and other public sources; they are not a complete list for every council.